32Explosives to be packaged and marked in accordance with the AEC

32 Explosives to be packaged and marked in accordance with the AEC

(1) A person who manufactures explosives must ensure that, on completion of manufacture, the explosives are packaged and marked in accordance with the requirements of Chapters 3, 5 and 8 of the AEC.

(2) A person must not import, store, sell or transport any explosive unless the explosive is packaged and marked in accordance with the requirements of Chapters 3, 5 and 8 of the AEC.

(3) The requirements in subregulation (2) do not apply in relation to import or transport of explosives if—

(a) the explosives are imported into Australia in a closed freight container; and

(b) no explosives have been removed from or added to the freight container since its arrival in Australia; and

(c) the container is placarded in accordance with the AEC.

(4) All markings referred to in subregulations (1) and (2) must be legible and in English and may be in appropriate languages in addition to English.

(5) Subregulations (1) and (2) do not apply if the explosives are—

(a) in the process of being manufactured or are semi-finished goods at the premises where they are being manufactured; or

(b) for use at, and are not transported from, the premises where they were manufactured, provided that the explosives are in containers that are clearly and conspicuously marked with the name of the contents; or

(c) cartridge ammunition, distress signals or consumer fireworks, weighing no more than 5 kg in total, being stored or transported by a person for that person's own lawful use; or

(d) blasting explosives at a place where they are about to be used, provided that regulation 56 is complied with in relation to the containers for the explosives; or

(e) blasting explosives that are manufactured at premises where they are about to be used; or

(f) blasting explosives that are being transported in receptacles by a person for that person's own lawful use and are within the relevant quantity limits specified in Table 32.

Table 32—Blasting explosives for a person's own lawful use

| Type of explosives | Quantity | | Hazard Division 1.1 (except detonators) | 5 kg | | Detonators | 125 in number | | Hazard Division 1.5 | 25 kg |